cinteotl

Classical Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • centeōtl
  • cinteoutl, cinteutl (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

From cintli (“maize”) +‎ teōtl (“deity, god”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sinˈteoːt͡ɬ]

Proper noun

cinteōtl (animate)

  1. (he is) Cinteotl, god of maize.
    • 1585, Bernardino de Sahagún, Kalendario mexicano, latino y castellano, f. 89r:
      Quarto mes delos Mexicanos llamado: Hueytoçoztli, enque hazian fiesta al dios llamado cinteotl, Dios delos maizes.
      Fourth month of the Mexicans, called hueytoçoztli, in which they celebrated the god called Cinteotl, god of maize plants.
  • īncinteōhuān
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